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http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/wc.htmlhttp://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/xhtml.zip
As an example. It should look roughly the same, but it uses less
presentational elements and valid HTML.
If you view the source, you'll see it still looks roughly the same. If
anything, it should be a bit simpler (for example, the code section...
just a pre is needed.) Again, like I said - I'm not trying to insult
you, you just didn't know it wasn't valid.
Anyway, the only main differences between XHTML and HTML you need to
know are as follows:
Always close <li> elements. Bad:
<ul>
<li>blah blah
<li>blah blah
</ul>
Good:
<ul>
<li>blah blah</li>
<li>blah blah</li>
</ul>
Always close img tags, and always provide an alt (you were):
<img src="...." alt="if the image was 404 show this instead" />
Enclose paragraphs in <p>:
<p>...</p>
Don't use <p> for a break, use <br />:
Some text (not a paragraph)...<br />
Next line
And lastly (I don't know that you did this either) don't cross-nest:
<b><i>Bold and italic</b></i>
Does this look reasonable, just for XHTML compatibility? I know I
mentioned in another topic I wanted to post an example of possibly
making things look different, but like you said in another branch of
this topic, one thing at a time...
-[Unknown]
> Would you care to download one of the fairly representative pages, and
> reformat it into valid HTML, so I could use it as a template?

Don't be concerned about my blood pressure. It's a fairly good level,
and you'll be happy to know I have nice, healthy, strong blood (as
compared to most people.) And, I am not as worked up as you'd like me
to be.
Some/many PDAs will *not* render <center>. You have to use a special
subset of HTML (called "cHTML", iirc) for them, which I'll tell you does
not include <center>.
Anyway, is this so scary as you imply?
http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/
You make it sound like I want to add a flash logo (SHUDDER), make the
text flash rainbow colors on hover, make links glow hot pink, and use
Dauphin as the font. I do not suggest this in any way.
As for what I said about the 1990's, you misunderstood. Documentation
that looks like it was designed in the 1990's makes the language looks
like it was designed in the 1990's (this I said.) What I neglected to
clarify is that it makes it look like it HASN'T had any work done on it
AFTER the 1990's.
-[Unknown]
> Wrong. It my opinion it should be valid HTML, but my
> blood pressure will remain stable even if it isn't,
> provided contents are displayed correctly.
>
> Using deprecated tags like <center> is not what
> I'd use in my own HTML files. But if someone does
> I wouldn't care much because browsers won't stop
> rendering them correctly in the years to come.
> If they did, they'd face obsoletion.
>
>
> You do,
> I do rarely,
> 99.?% will never bother to look at the website's HTML.
>
>>And who wants to use a relatively unpopular supposedly up-and-coming
>>language from the 1990's?
>
>
> I guess I do.
>
>
>

"Unknown W. Brackets" <unknown@simplemachines.org> wrote in message
news:d6o7ir$k3h$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Don't be concerned about my blood pressure. It's a fairly good level, and
> you'll be happy to know I have nice, healthy, strong blood (as compared to
> most people.)
Good to know, congrat's.
> Some/many PDAs will *not* render <center>. You have to use a special
> subset of HTML (called "cHTML", iirc) for them, which I'll tell you does
> not include <center>.
Funny thought - reading D specs on a PDA.
Don't tell me that you'd seriously take care about
these tiny monsters while polishing the D docs.
> Anyway, is this so scary as you imply?
>
> http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/
Nope, looks safe to me!
> You make it sound like I want to add a flash logo (SHUDDER), make the text
> flash rainbow colors on hover, make links glow hot pink, and use Dauphin
> as the font. I do not suggest this in any way.
You cannot blame me being paranoic about that, it is just
too much junk out there. But since you appear not being
one of 'them', I'd feel safer now (if I was Walter).
> As for what I said about the 1990's, you misunderstood. Documentation
> that looks like it was designed in the 1990's makes the language looks
> like it was designed in the 1990's (this I said.) What I neglected to
> clarify is that it makes it look like it HASN'T had any work done on it
> AFTER the 1990's.
Fair enough.

Actually, I didn't change anything layout-wise. There's another thread
about my comments there, although some of them seem to have fueled some
of the changes in the website.
I'm just very happy it's valid XHTML now :D.
PS: Baby blue? Where? Have I gone color blind?
-[Unknown]
> In article <d6o75f$jm3$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Unknown W. Brackets says...
>
>>http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/
>>http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/wc.html
>>http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/xhtml.zip
>>
>
>
> Nice! But maybe a touch too baby blue for me.
>
> If you don't mind, Unknown, I might take a stab at this. I started some work on
> the webpage a while back, but didn't get very far. Your work has given me new
> inspiration, and I think I see a few areas which could be improved.
>
> (And I could probably use a break from the whole value-based overloading thing
> :)
>
> -Nod-
>
>

>
>Actually, I didn't change anything layout-wise. There's another thread
>about my comments there, although some of them seem to have fueled some
>of the changes in the website.
>
>I'm just very happy it's valid XHTML now :D.
>
>PS: Baby blue? Where? Have I gone color blind?
>
>-[Unknown]
>
>> <snip>
Argh! You're right, looking at the CSS I see it's in fact grey. $%@# Crappy
monitor... I gotta get this thing color calibrated.
-Nod-

Bob W wrote:
> "Unknown W. Brackets" <unknown@simplemachines.org> wrote in message
> news:d6o7ir$k3h$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
>>Some/many PDAs will *not* render <center>. You have to use a special
>>subset of HTML (called "cHTML", iirc) for them, which I'll tell you does
>>not include <center>.
>
>
> Funny thought - reading D specs on a PDA.
> Don't tell me that you'd seriously take care about
> these tiny monsters while polishing the D docs.
I read all my language docs using elinks text browser as often as
possible. Standards compliance makes a big deal when using alternative
browsers.
>>http://www.unknownbrackets.com/examples/d/
Excellent work. Although I use "xhtml strict" on my pages as it gives
less freedom to use non-standard tags.
>>You make it sound like I want to add a flash logo (SHUDDER), make the text
>>flash rainbow colors on hover, make links glow hot pink, and use Dauphin
>>as the font. I do not suggest this in any way.
>
>
> You cannot blame me being paranoic about that, it is just
> too much junk out there. But since you appear not being
> one of 'them', I'd feel safer now (if I was Walter).
There's also another point in using css-files. Using them saves server
bandwidth as the style info needs to be downloaded only once per user
when multiple pages are viewed. And if one doesn't like the look'n'feel
of the page, a local/remote alternative stylesheet can be used.
>>As for what I said about the 1990's, you misunderstood. Documentation
>>that looks like it was designed in the 1990's makes the language looks
>>like it was designed in the 1990's (this I said.) What I neglected to
>>clarify is that it makes it look like it HASN'T had any work done on it
>>AFTER the 1990's.
I remember the first time I opened the D index page. All the frames and
font-tags made me really feel uncomfortable. Luckily the language is one
of the best, otherwise I'd be posting to Java forums today.
Jari-Matti